User:Philcha/Sandbox/Phidippus clarus

Chronology

 * Early part of the breeding season: Adult males search for nests with immature females. Males cohabit with these females, defending them against intruding males, and then attempt to mate with the females after they mature. (Sivalinghem2010Polyandry)
 * Early to mid-July: Mating. (Sivalinghem2010Polyandry)
 * Mid- to late July(?): Later in the season, when most females have mated at least once, males wander and may find further mating opportunities outside of nests.(Sivalinghem2010Polyandry)
 * Mid- to late August: Laying eggs. (Sivalinghem2010Polyandry)


 * General: Courtship displays significantly reduce the longevity of males, whether or not these males successfully copulate. (Sivalinghem2010Polyandry)
 * General: Most spiders live only for 1 to 2 years, although tarantulas can reach 25 in captivity. (RFB2004Spiders) p. 583
 * General: In Araneomorphae (more "advanced" than tarantulas), each female has two seminal receptacles, in which semen can be kept indefinitely. (RFB2004Spiders) p. 581
 * General: how do P. clarus females select which semen to use? They don't!

Resume Sivalinghem2010Polyandry p. 1311 "Discussion"